Quotes on Integrity
“If you have integrity, nothing else matters.
If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. Alan K. Simpson
Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. Oliver Cromwell
The glue that holds all relationships together – including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” Brian Tracy
Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. ~ Chilton
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity” Tom Peters
Integrity is the essence of everything successful.” Richard Buckminster Fuller
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”
Dwight David Eisenhower
Society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. John Adams
Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone. John Quincy Adams
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man…The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people. Samuel Adams
“Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do” Don Galer
Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)
“In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”
— Warren Buffet
CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.”
— Edward R. Murrow
“If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.” — Moliere [Jean Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, V, i (1622-1673
Titus 2: In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. NIV
Prov 11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. NIV
Prov 10:9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths
will be found out. NIV
Prov 13:6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. NIV
Prov 29:10 Bloodthirsty men hate a man of integrity
